fireberd
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Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
Any thoughts?
I need to free up my ISA One preamp so I need something for my ribbon mic.
Thanks/Jack
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jackson white
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 02, 17 5:34 PM
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Big difference in price and footprint.
FETHead claims an extra 5dB in gain over the CL with an inline format for $100.
I checked out the CL-Zi for variable impedance, haven't tried it on ribbons but liked it well enough to put it on my list even at $350 or so. Possible more useful than another pre-amp.
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 02, 17 7:42 PM
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Cloudlifter, hands down better. I had one, sold it when I picked up a Millennia Media HV-37, didn't miss it for a while, and of course now I have more than two ribbon microphones, so I wish I hadn't sold it.
While it never did anything cool - to my ears - for any of my condenser microphones, I also used on with moving magnet dynamic microphones, and on some of them it also made a positive difference. The one that benefited the most was an old RE-20.
I didn't sell my SPL Micman, which has some extra gain, so that's what I'm using now, but really, I need to pick up a pair of the Cloudlifters.
BUT... try to find a way to audition both of them if you can, and be the judge - $250 goes a long way
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fireberd
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 03, 17 5:37 PM
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I ordered the cloudlifter. Its on the current Musician's Friend "17% discount". Made it $123.00 - best price currently anywhere.
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 04, 17 12:53 AM
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I use a cloudlifter on my el cheapo MXL ribbon. It cost more (than double!) what the mike costs! But without it, I probably would have sent the mike back as defective. It has such a low output it needs the lifter. I am told you can use it for other dynamic mikes, but haven't tried that yet.
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fireberd
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 04, 17 1:30 PM
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I found a long thread on gearslutz with some technical comparisons of the two. The cloudlifter's specs were better.
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Re: Cloudlifter or Fethead for Ribbon Mic?
December 04, 17 2:32 PM
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fireberd
I found a long thread on gearslutz with some technical comparisons of the two. The cloudlifter's specs were better.
Cloudlifter's specs were MUCH better!
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